What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Boxers who train with Tristan Haynes and Anthony Miller at their Beeston gym are celebrating wins on Haynes 16, the show recently held at The Angler’s club in Burmantofts and which saw the south Leeds men compete against boxers from clubs across Yorkshire and Lancashire. Middleton delivery driver Danny Weston,
Get ready to join the fun at White Rose this summer as Kids Carnival arrives with fresh new activities including inflatable axe throwing, penalty shootouts, and flamingo pedal boats from Friday 24 July until Sunday 6 September 2026, bringing six weeks of fairground fun to South Leeds. Open daily through
A grants scheme worth more than £3m is set to help thousands of city households facing financial hardship. Leeds City Council said charities would be awarded the funding to help more than 40,000 people. Households facing hunger and debt will be supported by cash from the government’s Crisis and Resilience
Families are invited on an epic Mongolian adventure this summer (Wednesday 22 July – Monday 31 August) at the Royal Armouries Museum in Hunslet, near Leeds Dock. The Royal Armouries dock-side tiltyard, known for hosting legendary jousts, is being brought to life this summer with daily live Mongolian horse shows.
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. We start in Beeston where St Andrew’s Community Centre on Cardinal Road (LS11 8AG) is holding a Summer Fun Day to raise funds to replace the roof on Saturday 10am-4pm. Stalls, bingo, face
A group of 100 Leeds residents have formed an action group to oppose Microsoft’s construction of three Hyperscale AI Datacentre buildings in Stourton. The site is situated next to TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre, just one mile from the largest sustainable development in the UK, Leeds’ Climate Innovation District. South
Middleton Park is amongst seven of Leeds’ most popular parks to have been awarded the Green Flag Award after being recognised as being of international quality. Golden Acre Park, Kirkstall Abbey, Middleton Park, Otley Chevin Forest Park, Pudsey Park, Roundhay Park and Temple Newsam Estate are all managed by Leeds
Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park is the venue for Sunday’s Dog Show presented by the Friends of Cross Flatts Park and Tailwaggers Dog Display Team (19 July 2026). For this year’s annual Dog Show the Friends have teamed up with Yorkshire-based Tailwaggers’ canine performance group, known throughout the UK for their Dog
Hunslet Nelson were crowned Bradford Premier League Bentley Blast T20 Group B champions after producing a superb all-round performance to defeat Heckmondwike and Carlinghow by 94 runs in Sunday’s final at Gipsy Lane. Batting first after winning the toss, Nelson made an explosive start through Andy McIntosh, whose 31 from
On Monday (13 July 2026), Leeds celebrated a remarkable milestone: 400 years since the city received its first Royal Charter from King Charles I. The Charter of 1626 marked an important moment in Leeds’ development, granting the town a greater degree of self-governance and laying foundations for the civic institutions